Devaraja

[Venkatraman Iyer]

Poets described kings as Gods who married Lakshmi
or Sarasvati. Dr. Ganesan gave an ancient poem inscribed on the stone
walls in the Chidambaram Natarajar shrine:
http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-shl/WA.EXE?A2=ind9905&L=indology&P=R31226

You were mentioning about advaitam in old
South East Asia. Any references?

Thanks,
V. Iyer

Dr. Radhika Srinivasan wrote:

>tiruvuTai man2n2araik kANil tirumAlaik kaNTEn2E en2n2um
>uruvuTai vaNNaGkaL kANil ulakaLantAn2 en2Ru tuLLum
>karuvuTait tEvilkaL ellAm kaTalvaNNan2 kOyilE en2n2um
>veruvilum vIzvilum kaNNan2 kazalkaL virumpumE>>

>Thank you Palaniappan, I stand corrected. Thanks too for the ref. it makes
>so much sense, considering the latest theory that Janaganamana was written
>by Tagore in praise of the British monarchy, rather than India, the
>Motherland! Godking concept revisited!
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